2022

PoliticalP.K.BandaraTags: Print EditionSamagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Ashok Abeysinghe said that even though a Bill was presented on how to act against bribery and corruption, it is not being used by the authorities at present. The MP…
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LocalTags: Print EditionWorld Health Organization (WHO) Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday he is “hopeful” that the COVID-19 pandemic will no longer be considered a global emergency some time next year.  As the third…
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Two Chinese nationals among the eight suspects :Law & OrderShavini MadharaTags: Print EditionEight suspects including two Chinese nationals, who were remanded in connection with introducing a software item, known as ‘Sports Chain’,…
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Law & OrderShavini MadharaTags: Print EditionThe case filed against former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal, was postponed till January 17 by Colombo Additional Magistrate Harshana Kekunawela yesterday. On a previous occasion,…
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Law & OrderShavini MadharaTags: Print EditionColombo Chief Magistrate Nandana Amarasinghe yesterday (15) temporarily lifted the travel ban imposed on State Minister of Tourism Diana Gamage for a period of five days. The Magistrate made…
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LocalBimal Jayasinghe BandaragamaTags: Print EditionInternal sources of the National Fertilizer Secretariat stated that certain officials of the Secretariat and the Agriculture Ministry are engaged in an effort to undermine the…
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Law & OrderSubhashini Senanayake and Shavini MadharaTags: Print EditionThe woman, who was arrested for assaulting the female passenger in the car that fatally crashed on to a  three-wheeler in Kollupitiya, has been granted bail by…
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Law & OrderGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionA police constable who was travelling on a bicycle has died after being hit by a car driven by a Russian national.  The accident happened on December 13 at around 8.30 pm at Weligama…
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Law & OrderGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionAn inmate of the Angunakolapelessa prison who had escaped from the prison in January this year was arrested by the police while committing robberies in the Sainthamaruthu area on…
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Law & OrderAsela KURULUWANSATags: Print EditionA 16-year-old novice Buddhist monk was arrested by the Peradeniya Police for stabbing another novice Buddhist monk of the same temple on Wednesday (14). The 24-year-old victim is currently…
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